Ocean sport salmon quota report

Updated: September 27, 2023

The ocean sport salmon quota report is updated once a week, typically by Friday.

The La Push and Neah Bay ocean management areas opened for recreational salmon fishing for all species on June 17. The Columbia River and Westport areas opened for all species on June 24. Catch details for each area are described below, where available.

The Pacific Fishery Management Council (PFMC) approved a recreational Chinook quota of 39,000 fish, up from last year’s quota of 27,000. The PFMC, which establishes fishing seasons in ocean waters 3 to 200 miles off the Pacific coast, also adopted a quota of 159,600 hatchery coho for this year's recreational ocean fishery. This represents a slight decrease over last year’s initial coho quota of 168,000, but still should provide sizable coho fishing opportunity.

In-season Management actions:

July 6, 2023

Effective 12:01AM Saturday, July 8, the bag limit in the Neah Bay and La Push areas is modified to 2 salmon.

July 26, 2023

Effective 12:01AM Friday, July 28, Chinook retention is prohibited in the Westport area on Fridays and Saturdays. Possession of Chinook is illegal when retention is prohibited in the area.

August 17, 2023

Effective 12:01AM Friday, August 18, the bag limit in the Westport area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook.

August 25, 2023

Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Columbia River area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective.
- The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the Columbia River area is 21,070.
Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the Columbia River area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook. Wild coho may be retained.
Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Westport area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective.
- The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the Westport area is 16,010.
Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the Westport area is modified to 2 salmon, only one of which may be a Chinook. Wild coho may be retained.
Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the La Push area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective.
- The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the La Push area is 1,210.
Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the La Push area is modified to 2 salmon, release chum. Wild coho may be retained.
Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the remaining coho salmon quota in the Neah Bay area is adjusted on an impact-neutral basis from mark-selective to non-mark-selective.
- The adjusted non-mark-selective coho salmon quota in the Neah Bay area is 4,800.
Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the bag limit in the Neah Bay area is modified to 2 salmon, release chum. Wild coho may be retained.
Effective 12:01AM Saturday, August 26, the subarea east of the Bonilla-Tatoosh line within the Neah Bay area is closed to salmon fishing.

Coastwide Ocean Totals

Coho quota: 159,600 Non-selective coho quota: 43,760
Chinook quota: 39,000 Adjusted Chinook quota: 38,841*

Stat Week	Dates	Number of anglers	Number of Chinook	Number of coho	Cumulative Chinook	Cumulative Coho	Percent of total coho quota	Percent of total chinook guideline	Number of Pink	Catch per angler trip: Chinook	Catch per angler trip: Coho	Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25	Jun 17-18	643	237	47	237	47	0%	1%	4	0.37	0.07	0.45
26	Jun 19-25	4,280	1,385	955	1,622	1,002	1%	4%	14	0.32	0.22	0.55
27	Jun 26-Jul 2	4,457	1,766	1,534	3,388	2,536	2%	9%	6	0.40	0.34	0.74
28	Jul 3-9	6,576	3,116	2,845	6,504	5,381	3%	17%	4	0.47	0.43	0.91
29	Jul 10-16	7,134	3,492	3,947	9,996	9,328	6%	26%	10	0.49	0.55	1.04
30	Jul 17-23	8,771	4,377	5,172	14,373	14,500	9%	37%	64	0.50	0.59	1.10
31	Jul 24-30	8,525	3,131	7,269	17,504	21,769	14%	45%	183	0.40	0.85	1.24
32	Jul 31-Aug 6	9,727	4,404	3,731	21,908	25,500	16%	56%	575	0.48	0.38	0.90
33	Aug 7-13	8,290	3,086	2,411	24,994	27,911	17%	64%	469	0.39	0.29	0.72
34	Aug 14-20	2,770	615	671	25,609	28,582	18%	66%	124	0.22	0.24	0.51
35	Aug 21-25	4,466	1,580	2,547	27,189	31,129	20%	70%	102	0.35	0.57	0.95
35	Aug 26-27	6,868	1,331	6,510	28,521	6,510	15%	73%	7	0.19	0.95	1.14
36	Aug 28-Sep 3	6,245	535	8,267	29,055	14,778	34%	75%	16	0.09	1.32	1.41
37	Sep 4-10	7,484	799	9,321	29,855	24,099	55%	77%	2	0.11	1.25	1.35
38	Sep 11-17	3,920	130	2,847	29,985	26,946	62%	77%	4	0.03	0.73	0.76
39	Sep 18-24	1,044	25	749	30,011	27,695	63%	77%	0	0.02	0.72	0.74

*159 landed-catch-equivalent Chinook non-retention mortalities projected for weeks 31-33 and assessed toward the initial quota of 39,000.

Columbia River Area (including Oregon)

Coho quota: 79,800 Non-selective coho quota: 21,740
Chinook guideline: 11,490

A total of 513 anglers participated in the salmon fishery September 18-24, landing 11 Chinook and 252 coho. Through Sunday, September 24, 9,563 Chinook (83% of the area guideline), 15,593 mark-selective coho (20% of the area quota), and 15,294 non-mark-selective coho (70% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed.

Stat Week	Dates	Number of anglers	Number of Chinook	Number of coho	Cumulative Chinook	Cumulative Coho	Percent of coho quota	Percent of Chinook guideline	Pink Catch	Catch per angler trip: Chinook	Catch per angler trip: Coho	Catch per angler trip: all salmon
26	Jun 24-25	932	201	610	201	610	1%	2%	0	0.22	0.65	0.87
27	Jun 26-Jul 2	1,291	196	863	396	1,473	2%	3%	1	0.15	0.67	0.82
28	Jul 3-9	1,978	196	1,604	592	3,077	4%	5%	1	0.10	0.81	0.91
29	Jul 10-16	2,167	258	1,923	849	5,000	6%	7%	0	0.12	0.89	1.01
30	Jul 17-23	3,232	294	2,833	1,143	7,832	10%	10%	0	0.09	0.88	0.97
31	Jul 24-30	4,073	877	3,850	2,020	11,683	15%	18%	0	0.22	0.95	1.16
32	Jul 31-Aug 6	5,622	2,273	1,398	4,293	13,081	16%	37%	3	0.40	0.25	0.65
33	Aug 7-13	5,195	1,697	1,014	5,990	14,095	18%	52%	0	0.33	0.20	0.52
34	Aug 14-20	1,909	438	440	6,429	14,536	18%	56%	0	0.23	0.23	0.46
35	Aug 21-25	2,667	1,146	1,058	7,574	15,593	20%	66%	0	0.43	0.40	0.83
35	Aug 26-27	4,656	1,123	3,179	8,697	3,179	15%	76%	0	0.24	0.68	0.92
36	Aug 28-Sep 3	3,698	281	4,157	8,979	7,336	34%	78%	0	0.08	1.12	1.20
37	Sep 4-10	4,914	501	6,098	9,480	13,433	62%	83%	0	0.10	1.24	1.34
38	Sep 11-17	2,771	73	1,608	9,553	15,042	69%	83%	0	0.03	0.58	0.61
39	Sep 18-24	513	11	252	9,563	15,294	70%	83%	0	0.02	0.49	0.51

Westport

Coho quota: 59,050 Non-selective coho quota: 16,010
Chinook guideline: 17,210 Adjusted Chinook guideline: 17,051*

A total of 302 anglers participated in the salmon fishery September 18-24, landing 6 Chinook and 275 coho. Through Sunday, September 24, 13,916 Chinook (82% of the adjusted area guideline), 12,079 mark-selective coho (20% of the area quota), and 8,696 non-mark-selective coho (54% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed.

Stat Week	Dates	Number of anglers	Number of Chinook	Number of coho	Cumulative Chinook	Cumulative Coho	Percent of coho quota	Percent of Chinook guideline	Pink Catch	Catch per angler trip: Chinook	Catch per angler trip: Coho	Catch per angler trip: all salmon
26	Jun 24-25	891	560	206	560	206	0%	3%	2	0.63	0.23	0.86
27	Jun 26-Jul 2	1,203	860	368	1,420	574	1%	8%	2	0.71	0.31	1.02
28	Jul 3-9	3,003	2,056	886	3,477	1,460	2%	20%	2	0.68	0.30	0.98
29	Jul 10-16	3,156	1,893	1,656	5,369	3,116	5%	31%	2	0.60	0.52	1.13
30	Jul 17-23	4,343	3,328	2,148	8,697	5,264	9%	51%	36	0.77	0.49	1.27
31	Jul 24-30	3,179	1,563	3,026	10,261	8,290	14%	60%	19	0.64	0.95	1.45
32	Jul 31-Aug 6	3,151	1,569	2,071	11,830	10,361	18%	69%	329	0.60	0.66	1.26
33	Aug 7-13	2,182	1,029	859	12,859	11,220	19%	75%	156	0.56	0.39	0.94
34	Aug 14-20	291	86	41	12,945	11,261	19%	76%	14	0.30	0.14	0.49
35	Aug 21-25	1,103	337	818	13,282	12,079	20%	78%	0	0.31	0.74	1.05
35	Aug 26-27	1,617	114	2,553	13,396	2,553	16%	79%	0	0.07	1.58	1.65
36	Aug 28-Sep 3	1,775	208	2,902	13,605	5,455	34%	80%	0	0.12	1.64	1.75
37	Sep 4-10	1,854	263	2,262	13,868	7,717	48%	81%	0	0.14	1.22	1.36
38	Sep 11-17	743	43	704	13,910	8,421	53%	82%	0	0.06	0.95	1.00
39	Sep 18-24	302	6	275	13,916	8,696	54%	82%	0	0.02	0.91	0.93

*159 landed-catch-equivalent Chinook non-retention mortalities projected for weeks 31-33 and assessed toward the initial guideline of 17,210.

La Push

Coho quota: 4,150 Non-selective coho quota: 1,210
Chinook guideline: 1,590*

A total of 40 anglers participated in the salmon fishery September 18-24, landing 3 Chinook and 0 coho. Through Sunday, September 24, 983 Chinook (62% of the area guideline), 611 mark-selective coho (15% of the area quota), and 919 non-mark-selective coho (76% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed.

Stat Week	Dates	Number of anglers	Number of Chinook	Number of coho	Cumulative Chinook	Cumulative Coho	Percent of coho quota	Percent of Chinook guideline	Pink Catch	Catch per angler trip: Chinook	Catch per angler trip: Coho	Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25	Jun 17-18	15	3	4	3	4	0%	0%	0	0.21	0.29	0.50
26	Jun 19-25	179	25	9	29	14	0%	2%	0	0.14	0.05	0.19
27	Jun 26-Jul 2	122	69	10	97	23	1%	6%	0	0.57	0.08	0.64
28	Jul 3-9	122	79	40	176	63	2%	11%	0	0.65	0.33	0.98
29	Jul 10-16	224	173	100	349	163	4%	22%	2	0.77	0.45	1.22
30	Jul 17-23	135	60	37	409	200	5%	26%	5	0.44	0.28	0.76
31	Jul 24-30	209	143	77	552	277	7%	35%	11	0.69	0.37	1.11
32	Jul 31-Aug 6	327	182	147	734	424	10%	46%	74	0.56	0.45	1.23
33	Aug 7-13	185	113	65	848	489	12%	53%	19	0.61	0.35	1.07
34	Aug 14-20	38	15	15	863	504	12%	54%	14	0.38	0.38	1.12
35	Aug 21-25	149	31	107	893	611	15%	56%	22	0.21	0.72	1.08
35	Aug 26-27	161	40	155	933	155	13%	59%	2	0.25	0.96	1.22
36	Aug 28-Sep 3	178	26	259	959	415	34%	60%	0	0.15	1.45	1.60
37	Sep 4-10	240	14	350	973	764	63%	61%	0	0.06	1.46	1.52
38	Sep 11-17	103	7	155	980	919	76%	62%	0	0.06	1.50	1.57
39	Sep 18-24	40	3	0	983	919	76%	62%	0	0.08	0.00	0.08

*Subarea guideline of 1,440 Chinook is in effect for the La Push area June 17 - September 30. The fishery is scheduled to reopen October 3 (La Push Late Season) with a Chinook quota of 150. The late season fishery will close October 7 or upon attainment of quota.

Neah Bay

Coho quota: 16,600 Non-selective coho quota: 4,800
Chinook guideline: 8,710

A total of 190 anglers participated in the salmon fishery September 18-24, landing 6 Chinook and 222 coho. Through Sunday, September 24, 5,548 Chinook (64% of the area guideline), 2,845 mark-selective coho (17% of the area quota), and 2,786 non-mark-selective coho (58% of the adjusted area quota) have been landed.

Stat Week	Dates	Number of anglers	Number of Chinook	Number of coho	Cumulative Chinook	Cumulative Coho	Percent of coho quota	Percent of Chinook guideline	Pink Catch	Catch per angler trip: Chinook	Catch per angler trip: Coho	Catch per angler trip: all salmon
25	Jun 17-18	628	234	43	234	43	0%	3%	4	0.37	0.07	0.45
26	Jun 19-25	2,278	599	129	832	172	1%	10%	12	0.26	0.06	0.32
27	Jun 26-Jul 2	1,840	642	294	1,474	466	3%	17%	3	0.35	0.16	0.51
28	Jul 3-9	1,474	785	315	2,259	781	5%	26%	1	0.53	0.21	0.75
29	Jul 10-16	1,587	1,169	268	3,428	1,049	6%	39%	6	0.74	0.17	0.91
30	Jul 17-23	1,061	695	154	4,123	1,204	7%	47%	23	0.66	0.15	0.82
31	Jul 24-30	1,065	548	316	4,671	1,519	9%	54%	152	0.51	0.30	0.95
32	Jul 31-Aug 6	627	380	114	5,051	1,634	10%	58%	169	0.61	0.18	1.06
33	Aug 7-13	729	246	472	5,298	2,106	13%	61%	294	0.34	0.65	1.39
34	Aug 14-20	532	75	175	5,373	2,281	14%	62%	96	0.14	0.33	0.65
35	Aug 21-25	546	66	564	5,439	2,845	17%	62%	80	0.12	1.03	1.30
35	Aug 26-27	434	55	624	5,494	624	13%	63%	6	0.13	1.44	1.58
36	Aug 28-Sep 3	594	19	949	5,513	1,572	33%	63%	16	0.03	1.60	1.66
37	Sep 4-10	476	21	612	5,534	2,184	46%	64%	2	0.04	1.29	1.34
38	Sep 11-17	302	8	380	5,542	2,564	53%	64%	4	0.03	1.26	1.30
39	Sep 18-24	190	6	222	5,548	2,786	58%	64%	0	0.03	1.17	1.20

Previous Years

To see past years' annual reports from the Pacific Fishery Marine Council, visit the PFMC website. For archival in-season ocean salmon information, visit the report archives webpage.